LASER Institute Badges
LASER Badges
Orientation
Foundational Skills
1. Data Sources in Learning Analytics
This badge is earned for completing the first Foundations learning lab on the types of data typically used to perform learning analytics in education.
2. The Learning Analytics Workflow
This badge is earned for completing the second Foundations learning lab on the Learning Analytics workflow.
3. Data Visualization
This badge is earned for completing the third Foundations learning lab on the basic principles of data visualization as it relates to data graphics, including data visualization perception and color.
4. Data Products
This badge is earned for completing the fourth Foundations learning lab on the essentials of crafting a data product for different stakeholders.
Text Mining
1. Text Mining Basics
2. Dictionary Methods
3. Topic Modeling
4. Text Classification
Machine Learning
1. Prediction
2. Feature Engineering
3. Model Tuning
4. Unsupervised Methods
Scholar Accountability
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Social Network Analysis
1. Introduction to Social Network Analysis
2. Network Measurement
3. Group & Egos
4. Models & Inference